</s>-6- published book about Mr. Tehombe and the mercenaries From a bookstall. If I have a likely idea, I will be in touch with Chief Inspector Thompson again. Signed: Ian Colvin 51 Cadogan Place, 8.W.1. 11,6,66. This statement, consisting of ten pages, each signed by me, is true to be the best of my knowledge and belief in evidence I shall be liable to my knowledge tendered in evidence. I shall have to be able to be prosecuted, to have any evidence I should be liable for which I know to be false or do not believe to be true. Dated the 11th day of June 1968 Signeded: Ian Colinin John Whittman Detective Constable New Sectland Yard 2026 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary: The document details an investigation involving Raymond George SNYD (alias James L.RAY) and his associates, including James Earl Ray, linked to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. It includes flight manifests, passport records, travel itineraries, and property seized from SNYD, such as passports, a revolver, correspondence, and personal effects. The investigation explores financial activities, safety deposit boxes, and connections to the National Port Authority and Memphis Police Department. Law enforcement agencies in London, Memphis, and Washington, D.C., coordinated inquiries into SNYD's movements, communications, and potential ties to security measures. References also include Glenn F. Tibbs, a trusted guard at Sportsman Country Club in Northbrook, Illinois, who had contact with Jerry Ray, James Earl Ray’s brother, and was investigated for possible connections to the United Klans of America (UKA). The FBI sought information on JER’s employment history, alleged ties to UKA leadership including Robert Shelton, and his notes referencing book/movie rights related to MLK’s assassination. Communications between agencies highlight cross-border investigations and state prosecution efforts by Shelby County Attorney General Phil M. Canale.  

Key People: Raymond George SNYD (alias James L.RAY), James Earl Ray (JER), Jerry Ray (brother of JER), Glenn F. Tibbs, Robert Shelton (Imperial Wizard of UKA), Phil M. Canale, Jr. (Shelby County Attorney General), John Whittman (Detective Constable), Ian Colvin, Detective Chief Inspector Thompson, Arthur HANSEY, JAMES B. STONEER, GLENN TIBBS, SA A. ARTHUR GRAN, Mrs. PETER URBURBAS  

Key Locations: London (Heathrow Airport, Victoria Coach Station, West London Road), Toronto, Lisbon, Memphis, Kansas City, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Illinois (Northbrook, Evanston, Glenview, Northfield, Waukegan), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama  

Key Events: Searches at London airports and hotels for an "air bag," seizure of personal items from SNYD, inquiries into financial records and safety deposit boxes, investigation into JER’s movements and associations, communications between law enforcement agencies regarding security measures, references to National Port Authority and Memphis Police Department, FBI inquiry into JER’s employment history and UKA ties, press clipping referencing book/movie rights from JER’s notes on MLK’s assassination, coordination between FBI, Memphis Police Department, and state prosecutors, UKA merger with other Klan groups and leadership structure  

Key Organizations: Metropolitan Police Department (Scotland Yard), Bureau of Air Commerce (B.O.A.C.), British European Airways (B.E.A.), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United Klans of America (UKA), Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Memphis Police Department, Shelby County, Tennessee

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